Part I Daily Deceptions
CHAPTER ONE
Shopping: Meaningless Comparisons
CHAPTER TWO
Averaging: Numbers In Place of Judgment
CHAPTER THREE
Financial Planning: Is it reasonable?
CHAPTER FOUR
Charting: Pictures Worth More Than a Thousand Words
Part II Income
CHAPTER FIVE
Earning and Saving: The Deceptive Math of Income Growth
CHAPTER SIX
Investing: Wealth for the Future
CHAPTER SEVEN
Gambling: The Probability Paradox
CHAPTER EIGHT
Risk-Taking: Going Broke to Get Even
Part III Loans
CHAPTER NINE
Borrowing: A Numerical Black Box
CHAPTER TEN
Evaluating Loans: Phantom Finance Charges
Part IV Misunderstood Math
CHAPTER ELEVEN
Voting: Number-Dropping
CHAPTER TWELVE
Estimating: The Three Sizes of Numbers
CHAPTER THIRTEEN
Measuring: Is it valid?
